[SML] 12V flicker fire effect?

Stuart Wheaton sdwheaton at fuse.net
Fri Jan 23 01:39:28 UTC 2015


On 1/22/2015 7:49 PM, Jon Ares via Stagecraft wrote:
> I just know someone's done this... and probably many times....
>
> I need to create a 'cordless' (battery powered) burn barrel....
> flickery flame light action... I've done this many times using AC
> current/dimmers and fluorescent starters, but never with 12V DC. Any
> suggestions? Anything exist to make 12V lights flicker?
>
> (Short of getting a 4-channel wireless dimmer... just can't afford
> that. I do have wireless DMX, which luckily runs off of 12V as well.)
>
Silk, fan, MR-16 lamp...   Actually in the bottom of a barrel you can 
replace the silk with something like mylar strips, if they flutter in 
the fan and the light bounces off them, it'll look fine. Use 2-3 MR-16's 
with a few different colors...





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